Unconference Registration

Registration for this full-day Unconference is free for any ALA Annual attendee and will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis. Once the 75 slots are filled, we will open up a waiting list for additional people to register. When you register for this event, you must provide your name, affiliation, email address, and an idea either for a talk you'd like to give or a topic you're willing to facilitate a discussion about. Your proposed topic should be articulated in a short single sentence, but make sure it's something that others will understand since they will be voting based on your description.

If you register and then find that you can't make it, please remove yourself from the registration list ASAP so we can give your space to the next person on the waiting list. It would also be helpful to email either Meredith Farkas (mgfarkas at gmail dot com) or Michelle Boule (mboule at gmail dot com) and give us a head's up that you've un-registered.

To register, you will need to enter your name, affiliation, email address, topic suggestion and whether you want to facilitate a discussion on the topic or present on it (you must choose either "discuss" or "present"). Here are two examples:

Enter your name and info on the first available line that hasn't been filled in by someone else (just replace the info there with your own). You'll need to register on the wiki first in order to be able to edit this page. Click here if you need help editing the wiki.

Rebecca Blakeley - McNeese State University - reblakeley AT mcneese DOT EDU - Library's role in current & emerging trends of civic engagement, transparency, preservation and access to Government information (discuss/present)

Sarah Lehmann - American River College, Sacramento CA - lehmans/at/arc/dot/losrios/dot/edu - Being a leader for change at your library (discuss)

Jason Griffey - University of TN at Chattanooga - griffey at gmail - Something Library2.0 related. I'll let you know as we get closer.

Tim King - WebJunction (though this is personal interest and not a WJ thing) - timking-at-u.washington.edu - Library as 2.0 community communication platform - should libraries be in the business of providing community blogs, forums, meeting info, or news in the online space? (discuss)

Elizabeth Matkowski - Student- UIUC LEEP - ematkowski@hotmail.com - how cooperation and communication within the library (reference, circ, tech services, etc) = happier patrons (discuss) OR How do we convince people they really do want to be information literate? (discuss)

Leanne Finnigan - Valdosta State University, MLIS student - lpfinnigan (at) valdosta (dot) edu - English as a Second Language Programs in Public Libraries - opportunities for community building, outreach to immigrants, and supporting lifelong learning (research in progress) (present)

Nicole Hunter - Peace Through Fiction® Consulting - nicole.hunter.books(at)gmail(dot)com - Peace Through Fiction, the first dialogue method anyone can use with any novel, in any setting, as a way to increase personal and interpersonal peace; research is ongoing (present).

Lollie Hoel - J. Sargeant Reynolds Comm. Coll. and Tuckahoe Middle School- lghoel@henrico.k12.va.us - school, public, and college librarians working together with the same goal(discuss as a concept or present my experience with the concept and its potential for good)